5, Castle Square is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.
5, Castle Square
- WRENN ID
- western-rotunda-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 5, Castle Square, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 1EG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 312 040
- Coordinates
- 50.82139, -0.13823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 5 Castle Square is a terraced house dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It has three storeys above a basement and features a one-window range. The exterior is finished in stucco, and the roof is parapeted.
Prominently in the center of the first-floor elevation is a shallow segmental bay that contains tripartite windows, which are topped by a metal semidome. The side lights of the bay are separated from the central window by thin pilasters styled as fasces, a design element that originated in Empire-style furnishings and is commonly seen in many 19th-century buildings in Brighton. All the windows are flat arched.
Flanking the bay are giant pilasters that extend through the second floor, supporting a plain entablature that is capped with a pediment. To the left of the portico, there is a short full-height wall that extends to the party wall of No. 4 Castle Square. There are stacks located at the party wall.
The interior has not been inspected. This building is part of a group that includes Nos. 4 and 6-7 Castle Square.
Local climate
5, Castle Square receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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